Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WINE GRAPES LEVY AMENDMENT ACT 1986 No. 61 of 1986 - SECT 4

4. Section 6 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are
substituted: Rate of levy

"6. (1) The levy imposed on prescribed goods by this Act is -

   (a)  in the case of fresh grapes, the sum of -

        (i)    subject to section 6A, an amount of levy at the rate of the
               marketing amount per tonne of the grapes; and

        (ii)   an amount of levy at the rate of the research amount per tonne
               of the grapes; and

   (b)  in any other case, the sum of -

        (i)    subject to section 6A, an amount of levy at the rate of the
               marketing amount per tonne of the fresh grape equivalent of the
               prescribed goods; and

        (ii)   an amount of levy at the rate of the research amount per tonne
               of the fresh grape equivalent of the prescribed goods.

"(2) In sub-section (1) -
'marketing amount' means such amount, not exceeding $5, as is prescribed;
'research amount' means such amount, not exceeding $2, as is prescribed.
Maximum amount of marketing component of levy

"6A. The amount of levy payable by a person in respect of prescribed goods
used at a winery or wineries in Australia in a year in the manufacture of wine
that is an amount of levy referred to in sub-paragraph 6 (1) (a) (i) or 6 (1)
(b) (i) shall not exceed such amount, not exceeding $20,000, as is
prescribed.".